MAN! It's cold outside! My Glue ain't gunna freeze this year.


ChetlovesMer

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Okay, is this the most brilliant idea of all time, or am I a complete moron?

 

First of all, my shop is heated. But if I'm planning on not doing anything out there for a while I shut the heat off.

Usually, and I stress usually, I remember to bring my glues into the house. But inevitably I forget to bring my glue in and the stuff freezes.

 

Okay, so I've got these spaces in and under my miter saw station. Then I thought "Hey, I can put a door on one of those spaces"; then add some insulation, then a thermostat and a light bulb and ta-da; A place to keep my glue from freezing.

 

So, I already had a thermostat from back in the day when my shop was heated electrically. I went to my big box and got a light for like a buck. The great thing is you are actually looking for a low-efficiency bulb, which today they basically give away. Then I dumpster dived and found some insulation and some attic shielding. Presto for like almost no money I built this little warming box.

 

It actually works great. I can set the thermostat at like 50 degrees and it keeps my glue warm enough that I don't have to worry about bringing it into the house.

 

Okay, so am I brilliant or did I just waist and hour and a half I could have spent building a box-joint jig?

 

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I think it's a novel idea and you did a great job.

 

I need to do the same in my shop, only I need to make one to keep my beer cold. But they already make something called a fridge!

 

Good luck to everyone north of Dallas, I don't know how you do it.

 

And I also think you should send me those walnut cut offs so you'll have more cabinet space :D

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It's 37 in Virginia and it's getting colder. I have a 220 5000 watt heater in my garage that I leave to keep my shop at around 55-60 degrees. Last year I changed the weather stripping to seal outside air from coming in, added a closed cell foam in between the door joints, weather stripping on the bottom of the door, insulated the outside wall, ran electrical, sheetrocked, next thing I need to do is put insulation on the back of the garage door to keep that heat in and create a better thermal barrier than wood panels. 

 

That's a cool little glue warmer though. I had bought some instrument glue that the manufacturer recommended keeping in the refrigerator to extend it's life. 

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My da's neighbor heated a pit bull enclosure (with a light bulb) that he fabbed out of four inch trailer panel foam sheets. He had to vent the enclosure because without a thermostat, the enclosure would hit 80° F on a 0° F day. After seeing that, I spent ten years doing the same thing on the job site to keep our caulking useful.

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Most things in the world of AC electricity are wired in parallel.  I had a boss once who learned a trick from an old Marine.  The boss had an outside light bulb that was hard to reach and burned out frequently and was a pain to replace.  He added a light fixture and wired the 2 incandescent bulb fixtures in series and used slightly larger wattage light bulbs because in series, they run at a lower power level.  When he left the business 16 years later, the same two bulbs were still burning.

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Very clever idea Chet. I consider myself fortunate to have my shop in a heated basement.

Chef are you concerned about the fire hazard a heating pad might introduce? We always hear the horror stories about these things shorting out. I suppose the timer helps to minimize that threat.

But it would just give me pause.

I wonder if one of those heater wires that wrap around pipe would provide sufficient heat...

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You could also use it as an easy bake oven when u get hungry!

I have two of those. I go to a Easy Bake Chef Cook Off every June. First prize is $15K. I haven't won yet. Cool contest you have to make a app, entre, and dessert all in a unmodified Easy Bake Classic or Modern Oven. Last year I finished 9th out of 89 contestants. Biggest problem was the power kept going out. I made Shrimp and Cheese Grits Bites, Tuna Steaks with Ginger and Lime with Miso Cakes, and Flourless Chocolate Volcano Cake. I haven't started on this years menu. The wife and kid will complain loudly when they see the Easy Bake come out of the basement. 

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In the summer you can fill it with ice and have a beer cooler.

Terry, you and I and Ken Cooper, seem to have this obsession with beer, and that's a good thing!  We're gonna have to figure out a way to have a fest together... We'll just have to pick a specific month... You know, Febfest, or Junefest..... Ocktoberfest is already taken, That leaves us 11 to choose from!

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Terry, you and I and Ken Cooper, seem to have this obsession with beer, and that's a good thing!  We're gonna have to figure out a way to have a fest together... We'll just have to pick a specific month... You know, Febfest, or Junefest..... Ocktoberfest is already taken, That leaves us 11 to choose from!

good idea Richard.

I was drinking Sam Adams last night. Really tasty stuff.

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YAY BEER! (Chilled to 33 degrees) Party at my house, no rings on the cast iron! =P

 

Types of beer in that drawer

Corona

Heineken

Angry Orchard Hard Cider

WoodChuck Hard Cider

Guiness

Third Shift

Fat Tire

Shiner Bock

Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale

Sam Adams - Octoberfest

Sam Adams - Chocolate Bock

Sam Adams - Winter Lager

Sam Adams - Ol' Fezzy Wigs

Sam Adams - White Christmas

Sam Adams - Boston Lager

Sam Adams - Irish Red

 

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